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1499219

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
281
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-9-14
pubmed:abstractText
During a three-year period, 95 adults were treated by lower-extremity amputations for peripheral vascular insufficiency. A multidisciplinary team for presurgical evaluation determined all to be potentially independent walkers with a prosthesis. Patients were graded for level of independent walking before amputation and again at a minimum two-year follow-up examination using a seven-level functional grading system. Seventy-six of 90 patients (84%) ambulated within one functional level of their preamputation status. This return to preamputation level of function was maintained whether comparing preamputation functional level or surgical amputation level. Prosthetic use increased and the use of walking aids decreased with increased functional ambulation levels, but did not correlate with surgical levels. Peripheral vascular insufficiency patients can maintain walking independence. Multidisciplinary presurgical evaluation helps selection of the amputation level and correct prosthetic limb fitting.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0009-921X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
239-43
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-3-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Multidisciplinary preoperative assessment and late function in dysvascular amputees.
pubmed:affiliation
STAMP (Special Teams for Amputations, Mobility, Prosthetics/Orthoics) Center, Hines Veterans Administration Hospital, Illinois.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article